2011
β-Catenin Signaling Controls Metastasis in Braf-Activated Pten-Deficient Melanomas
Damsky WE, Curley DP, Santhanakrishnan M, Rosenbaum LE, Platt JT, Rothberg BE, Taketo MM, Dankort D, Rimm DL, McMahon M, Bosenberg M. β-Catenin Signaling Controls Metastasis in Braf-Activated Pten-Deficient Melanomas. Cancer Cell 2011, 20: 741-754. PMID: 22172720, PMCID: PMC3241928, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.10.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, DifferentiationBenzamidesBeta CateninCell Transformation, NeoplasticColorectal NeoplasmsEnzyme ActivationGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansImatinib MesylateKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMelanocytesMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPhosphorylationPiperazinesProtein StabilityProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePyrimidinesSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsSplenic NeoplasmsTranscription, GeneticTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsΒ-catenin levelsPI3K/AktLymph nodesMetastatic tumorsFrequent metastasisTumor differentiationMalignant melanomaMAPK/ERKMelanoma metastasesMouse modelControl metastasisHuman melanomaMelanomaMetastasisΒ-catenin stabilizationPTEN lossCentral mediatorMetastasis regulatorsΒ-cateninSpecific changesFunctional implicationsWntLungProinvasion Metastasis Drivers in Early-Stage Melanoma Are Oncogenes
Scott KL, Nogueira C, Heffernan TP, van Doorn R, Dhakal S, Hanna JA, Min C, Jaskelioff M, Xiao Y, Wu CJ, Cameron LA, Perry SR, Zeid R, Feinberg T, Kim M, Woude G, Granter SR, Bosenberg M, Chu GC, DePinho RA, Rimm DL, Chin L. Proinvasion Metastasis Drivers in Early-Stage Melanoma Are Oncogenes. Cancer Cell 2011, 20: 92-103. PMID: 21741599, PMCID: PMC3176328, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcid PhosphataseAnimalsCell LineageConserved SequenceEvolution, MolecularGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomeHumansIsoenzymesKaplan-Meier EstimateMelanomaMiceNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingOncogenesPhosphorylationReproducibility of ResultsSkin NeoplasmsTartrate-Resistant Acid PhosphataseTissue Array AnalysisConceptsFunctional genetic screensGenetic screenGlobal transcriptomeMetastatic potentialSuch genesGenomic evidenceExpression selectionTranscriptomic profilesHuman melanoma tissuesMetastasis driverCell invasionKey pathwaysOncogenic capabilitiesMelanoma tissuesGenesHuman melanomaHuman primary melanomasTranscriptomeMouse modelSpontaneous metastasisOncogeneEnhancerACP5PathwayInvasion
2005
Automated Quantitative Analysis of Activator Protein-2α Subcellular Expression in Melanoma Tissue Microarrays Correlates with Survival Prediction
Berger AJ, Davis DW, Tellez C, Prieto VG, Gershenwald JE, Johnson MM, Rimm DL, Bar-Eli M. Automated Quantitative Analysis of Activator Protein-2α Subcellular Expression in Melanoma Tissue Microarrays Correlates with Survival Prediction. Cancer Research 2005, 65: 11185-11192. PMID: 16322269, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-2300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAP-2 expressionM.D. Anderson Cancer CenterCytoplasmic expression levelsAnderson Cancer CenterAP-2 levelsProgression of melanomaMelanoma tissue microarrayClinicopathologic factorsRetrospective cohortMetastatic groupPrognostic significanceBreslow depthCancer CenterNevi groupPoor prognosisMetastatic melanomaPrimary tumorPrimary melanomaDiagnosis groupsTissue microarrayTumor growthMelanoma specimensMalignant transformationHuman melanomaMelanoma progressionIntegrative genomic analyses identify MITF as a lineage survival oncogene amplified in malignant melanoma
Garraway LA, Widlund HR, Rubin MA, Getz G, Berger AJ, Ramaswamy S, Beroukhim R, Milner DA, Granter SR, Du J, Lee C, Wagner SN, Li C, Golub TR, Rimm DL, Meyerson ML, Fisher DE, Sellers WR. Integrative genomic analyses identify MITF as a lineage survival oncogene amplified in malignant melanoma. Nature 2005, 436: 117-122. PMID: 16001072, DOI: 10.1038/nature03664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Line, TumorCell LineageCell SurvivalChromosomes, Human, Pair 3Disease ProgressionDNA-Binding ProteinsGene AmplificationGene DosageGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomicsHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMelanomaMicrophthalmia-Associated Transcription FactorOncogenesPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTranscription FactorsConceptsMITF gene expressionDNA amplification eventsIntegrative genomic analysisLineage-survival oncogenePossible drug targetsGenomics effortsGenomic analysisGenetic dataGene expressionMelanoma formationAmplification eventsMelanoma genesDrug targetsCancer cell linesGenetic alterationsCell linesMITFMelanoma cellsHuman melanomaMalignant melanomaGenesMelanomaOncogeneExpressionCells